A correction to the article "The Prognostic Value of Clinical Characteristics and Parameters of Cerebrospinal Fluid Hydrodynamics in Shunting for Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus" that was previously published is presented.

Outflow conductance (C(out)) is important for predicting shunt responsiveness in patients with suspected idiopathic adult hydrocephalus syndrome (IAHS). C (out) is determined by performing an infusion test into the cerebrospinal fluid system, and the reliability of the test is dependent on the...

Describes the use of cerebrospinal fluid shunting in virus-infected patients with hydrocephalus. Association of hydrocephalus with increased morbidity and mortality in cryptococcal meningitis; Late revision of shunts; Eradication of Cryptococcus organisms; Correlation between resolution of...

Introduction: Hydrocephalus does not indicate a single clinical entity, but includes a variety of clinicopathological conditions caused by excessive cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) based on the disturbed circulation. Recent progress in prenatal neuroimagings such as MRI and ultrasound...

Background. It is difficult to predict which patients with symptoms and radiological signs of normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) will benefit from a shunting procedure and which patients will not. Risk of this procedure is also higher in patients with NPH than in the overall population of...

In a deteriorating shunted patient with hydrocephalus, an investigation of shunt function is often performed to distinguish a dysfunctioning shunt from an aggravated condition of the disease. The paper illustrates how a lumbar cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) infusion method can be used to evaluate...

This article reviews the physiology of cerebrospinal fluid formation and flow, the causes of hydrocephalus in the pediatric patient, symptoms of increased intracranial pressure, recent advances in shunt technology, the medical and surgical management of hydrocephalus, and potential complications...